Today in class, we took notes about cultural characteristics. Here are the notes I took:
Cultural characteristics are parts of a group's everyday life. They are the ideas and themes which the group will teach to all members. These same characteristics can also link or divide a region.
Examples: language, religion, and ethnic heritage
language
-Arabic unites the Arab world
-Spanish unites the Hispanic world
-Brazil only South American nation that does not speak Spanish, speaks Portuguese
-Canada is a bilingual nation, french and English are their official languages
-Switzerland has multiple languages but very little conflict between the groups
-English is now considered the world language and is used for most business transactions around the world
Ethnic
-in Yugoslavia, many ethnic groups were made into one country (Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, Albanians)
-when strong leadership died out, the different groups fought a very bloody civil war and now they all have separate countries
-in the countries of Rwanda and Burundi in Africa, two ethnic groups are dominant, the Tutsis and the Hutus
-the hutus are dominant in one and they persecute the Tutsis, and the Tutsis are dominant in the other and they persecute the Hutus. it lead to almost constant war
-the united states and Switzerland have peacefully merged multiple ethnic groups in their countries
-Korea, Japan, and China have primarily one ethnic group
-on the island of Cyprus, the Greeks and the Turks try to gain control
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